WarGames (2003) was a

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produced by

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(MLW), which took place on September 19, 2003, at the War Memorial Auditorium in

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. The event was a television taping for '' MLW Underground TV''. It was the first MLW WarGames event. Fourteen matches were contested at the event. The

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was the namesake

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, in which The Funkin' Army (

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, Sabu, Steve Williams,

Terry Funk Terrance Dee Funk (June 30, 1944 – August 23, 2023) was an American professional wrestler and actor. Widely considered one of the most influential and greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Funk was known for the longevity of his car ...

and The Sandman) defeated The Extreme Horsemen (

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and

Steve Corino Steven Eugene Corino (born May 29, 1973) is a Canadian professional wrestling trainer and former professional wrestler. , he works for the American professional wrestling promotion WWE as a trainer at the WWE Performance Center and as a produ ...

). Aside from the WarGames match, the event also featured an eight-man J-Cup USA Tournament to crown the inaugural World Junior Heavyweight Champion.

Event

Preliminary matches

The event opened with a tag team match pitting Los Maximos (Joel Maximo and Jose Maximo) against the team of

Juventud Guerrera Eduardo Aníbal González Hernández (born November 23, 1974), better known by his ring name Juventud "Juvi" Guerrera, is a Mexican Professional wrestling, professional wrestler performing on the independent circuit. Guerrera is best known for ...

and

Super Dragon Daniel Caine Lyon (born June 8, 1980), better known by his ring name Super Dragon, is an American professional wrestler. Beginning his career in 1997, he has worked for companies such as All Pro Wrestling, Chikara, Combat Zone Wrestling, Ring ...

. After a series of roll-up attempts and counters between the two, Jose pinned Dragon for the win. Next, the first match of the J-Cup USA Tournament took place to crown the inaugural World Junior Heavyweight Champion, in which

Sonjay Dutt Retesh Bhalla (born April 7, 1982) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a Glossary of professional wrestling terms#agent, producer and Glossary of professional wrestling terms#manage ...

took on

Tony Mamaluke Charles John Spencer (born July 19, 1977) is a retired American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling under the ring name Tony Marinara and with Extreme Championship ...

. Dutt nailed a '' Hindu Press'' on Mamaluke for the win. Next,

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took on

Jerry Lynn Jeremy Lynn (born June 12, 1963), better known by the ring name Jerry Lynn, is an American retired professional wrestler signed with All Elite Wrestling as a producer and coach. Lynn has worked for professional wrestling promotion, promotions ...

in the J-Cup USA tournament. Colon hit a

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on Lynn for the win. Next, Juventud Guerrera took on

Jimmy Yang James Carson Yun (born May 13, 1981) is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is best known for his tenures in World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment from 1999 to 2010, under the ri ...

in the third J-Cup USA tournament match. Yang hit a '' Yang Time'' on Guerrera for the win. It was followed by the final match in the J-Cup USA tournament first round where Super Dragon took on

Christopher Daniels Christopher Daniel Covell (born March 24, 1970), better known by the ring name Christopher Daniels, is an American retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he works as the Head of Ta ...

. Daniels low blowed Dragon and nailed a ''

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'' for the win. Next,

Norman Smiley Norman Anthony Smiley (born 28 February 1965) is an English-American retired professional wrestler who is signed to WWE in a Legends deal and as a trainer for NXT. He is best known for his appearances with the Mexican promotion Consejo Mund ...

took on

Mikey Whipwreck John Michael Watson (born June 4, 1973), better known by his ring name Mikey Whipwreck, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his career with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), where he was an ECW Triple C ...

. Whipwreck nailed a ''

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'' on Smiley from the top rope for the win. Next, The Samoan Island Tribe ( Ekmo, Mana and Samu) took on the team of Matt Rite,

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and Richard J. Criado in a

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. Rite was set up on a table in the crowd and Ekmo nailed a

on Rite by diving over the ring post through the table for the win. Next,

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took on Joe Seanoa. Near the end of the match, Awesome hit Joe with a chair and nailed an '' Awesome Bomb'' and then placed a chair on top of Joe and nailed an '' Awesome Splash'' to Joe for the win. This was followed by the first semi-final in the J-Cup USA pitting Sonjay Dutt against Eddie Colon. Dutt countered a

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sunset flip by Colon by hitting a

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and pinned Colon with a roll-up for the win. The second semi-final of the J-Cup USA pitted Jimmy Yang against Christopher Daniels. Mikey Whipwreck interfered in the match on Daniels' behalf as he crotched Yang on the top rope as Yang attempted to hit a ''Yang Time'', allowing Daniels to hit a ''Last Rites'' on Yang for the win. Terry Funk

Next,

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took on

Nosawa , better known by his ring names Nosawa and , is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in All Japan Pro Wrestling and various independent promotions. Career Early career (19952004) Nosawa spent most of his ear ...

CM Punk Phillip Jack Brooks (born October 26, 1978), better known by his ring name CM Punk, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw brand. Regarded as ...

interfered in the match as he held Raven and Nosawa hit a

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but Raven ducked and Punk was hit instead. The distraction allowed Raven to hit Nosawa with a '' Raven Effect'' for the win. Later,

Vampiro Ian Richard Hodgkinson (born May 31, 1967), better known by his ring name Vampiro, is a Canadian retired professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He currently works for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). He also worked for Lucha Underground ...

took on CM Punk. Vampiro countered a

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by Punk into a roll-up for the win. This was followed by the final round match of the J-Cup USA tournament between Sonjay Dutt and Christopher Daniels. Near the end of the match, Mikey Whipwreck interfered in the match to distract the referee. Dutt dived onto Whipwreck to take him out and then nailed a ''Hindu Press'' to Daniels to win the tournament and become the inaugural World Junior Heavyweight Champion.

Main event match

The main event was the

between The Funkin' Army ( Sabu, Steve Williams,

and The Sandman) and The Extreme Horsemen (

and

). Funkin' Army were outnumbered by Extreme Horsemen with a disadvantage of 4–5, which led to

joining the match as the fifth member of Funkin' Army. Funk hit Corino with a branding iron and a fireball into Corino's face and made him submit to the spinning toe hold for the win.

Results

J-Cup USA tournament brackets

References

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